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Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer. He turned professional in 1999 and played on the European Tour…

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Susanna Madora Salter was an American politician and activist. From 1887 to 1888, she was mayor of Argonia, Kansas, beco…

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On This Day

10 events
2019
Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project released the first image of the black hole at the center of the galaxy M87.
1992
First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Dozens of Armenian civilians were massacred in the village of Maraga by Azerbaijani forces.
1973
In the deadliest aviation accident in Swiss history, Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashed into a hillside near Hochwald, killing 108 people of 145 on board.
1970
In the midst of business disagreements with his bandmates, Paul McCartney announced his departure from the Beatles.
1963
The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) sank with all hands lost during deep-diving tests in the North Atlantic Ocean.
1944
The Holocaust: Slovak Jewish prisoners Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz, later publishing a report that became one of the earliest and most detailed descriptions of the camp's mass killings.
1925
The Great Gatsby (cover pictured), a novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, was first published by Scribner's.
1919
Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata (pictured) was shot to death near Ciudad Ayala, Morelos.
1858
Big Ben, the bell in the Palace of Westminster's clock tower in London, was cast after the original bell cracked during testing.
1815
Mount Tambora in Indonesia began the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people and affecting temperatures worldwide.

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